A4O-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, September 2, 2000 48 Union County 4-H Members Sell Animals At West End Fair LAURELTON (Union Co.) The 22nd Annual Union County West End Fair Junior Livestock Sale was conducted here recently. Forty-eight different members of several Union County 4-H clubs and the Mifflinburg FFA Chapter sold animals at the sale. One hundred lots containing four rabbit meat pens, 12 steers, 27 market hogs, and 57 market lambs were sold. Forty-five buyers supported the youth by purchasing animals at the 75th annual Union County West End Fair. This year’s sale grossed more than $41,700, which broke the previ ous record set in 1996. Bryan Imes of Port Royal served as sale auctioneer. Earlier in the week, Bob Mikesell, Penn State senior extension associate, served as the livestock judge. Grand champion and reserve champion market steers were purchased by Robert Hamm for the Country Cupboard Restau rant in Lewisburg. A bid of $5 European Reality (Continued from Pago A 34) significantly calmer and had better stress hormone levels than those milked in a traditional parlor. There was discussion at the meeting that part of the in creased production response of the cows in an AMS might be due to lowered stress levels. No data was presented to support this hypothesis, however. Animal well-being, or welfare, is an important concern in Europe. More important than in the United States, according to many observers. There were two presenta tions at the conference discussing how AMS was viewed according to bioethics. The speakers concurred that there was good support for the notion that an AMS was more ethical for animal well-being than tradi tional systems. Since cows could choose when to go to the AMS, this ability to have a choice was con sidered important. Further, many herds are now using an AMS within a grazing system. Again, grazing was considered to be good by bioethics standards, so that was another positive aspect of the AMS. AMS IN THE UNITED STATES There are approxi mately a dozen AMS systems in Canada, and D. Reinemann of the University of Wis consin described a dairy farm in Wiscon sin that was the first private farm in the US to use an AMS. They had been using their system for approxi mately two weeks. The University of Wiscon sin was building a bam for an AMS, and their system should be operating this fall, per haps in time for Dairy Expo in Madison. West End Fair champion hog buyer was Wiand Enter prises, represented by Michael and Justin Wiand and Ken Fetteroth with owner Doug Wolfe. per pound was accepted for the 1,275-pound Angus steer owned by Rhonda Hook of Middleburg. The first-year beef exhibitor is the daughter of Wanda Hook and is a member of the Mifflin burg FFA Chapter. The 1,355-pound reserve champion market steer was sold for $1.75 per pound and was owned by Adam Wolfe. Adam is a 4-H member from Lewisburg and is the son of Dennis and Anna Wolfe. Other steers were sold at an average price of 88 cents per pound. The champion market hog was sold for $5.50 per pound Lancaster Poured Walts • Agriculture •Commercial •Residential Call for Prices On: • SCS approved Manure Storage Pits • Basements • Retaining Walls • Footers • Floors Customer Satisfaction Is Our Goal Lancaster Poured Walls 2001 Jarvis Rd. • Lancaster. PA 17601 • (717) 299-3974 MRI- At Affords Most Insurances Accepted •New state-of-the-art Open MRI • Most experienced Radiologists in the area • Friendly professional staff • Reports to your doctor' • We accept $475.00 cash for a normal study, incl It's Worth The Drive and was purchased by Wiand Enterprises of Mifflinburg. Glenn Wiand and Ken Fetteroth bought the 238-pound Hamp shire/Duroc crossbred hog from Douglas Wolfe. Doug is a gradu ate of the Mifflinburg Area High School and is the son of William and Jean Wolfe of Mifflinburg. Doug is the 2000 winner of the Pennsylvania FFA Diversified (Turn to Pago A4l) Reserve champion steer buyer Robert Hamm of Country Cupboard in Lewisburg and Owner Adam Wolfe of Lewis burg at the West End Fair. Reserve champion lamb buyer Cliff Valentine of the Mif flinburg Bank and Trust Company and owner Katy Troester of Mifflinburg. MESSICK'S 187 Merts Drive, Elizabethtown, PA 17022 Phone #717-367-1319 1-800-222-3373 Fax #717-367-6662 Fall Extended Hours for Harvest! Elizabethtown Store Only! September 5 through October 27 Monday - Friday from 7:00 AM to 6:00 PM Parts Department Will Be Open On Labor Day! other departments will be closed^^ CORN HEAD GATHERING CHAIN Visit us on the Internet at hup ivmv cosecorp com CASE If# Case IH is a registered trademark ot Case Corporation
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